Tissue expression studies on the mouse acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase gene (Acact): Findings supporting the existence of multiple cholesterol esterification enzymes in mice

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1928-1933

  Meiner, Vardiella ^a,b,e   Tam, Carmen ^b   Gunn, Michael D ^b   Dong, Li Ming ^a,b   Weisgraber, Karl H ^a,b,c   Novak, Sabine ^a   Myers, Heather M ^a   Erickson, Sandra K ^c,d   Farese Jr , Robert V ^a,c  

^a GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Atherosclerosis; Cholesteryl esters; Macrophage; Preputial gland; Skin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; FOAM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; ESTERIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030840424     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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